Asymptomatic infections by diarrheagenic Escherichia coli in children from misiones, Argentina, during the first twenty months of their lives

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 9-15

  Quiroga, Marina ^a   Oviedo, Patricia ^a   Chinen, Isabel ^b   Pegels, Edunrdo ^a   Husulak, Elizabeth ^a   Binztein, Norma ^b   Rivas, Marta ^b   Schiavoni, Lydia ^a   Vergara, Marta ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MISIONES   (Argentina)

^b Administracion Nacional de Laboratorios E Institutos de Salud Dr Carlos G Malbran   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic infections; Breast feeding; Children; Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CLASSIFICATION; DNA PROBE; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANTILE DIARRHEA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; RISK FACTOR; TIME;

ARGENTINA; BREAST FEEDING; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; DNA PROBES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033661116     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652000000100002     Document Type: Article

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